Brian Bull
ReporterBrian Bull joined the KLCC News Team in June 2016. In his 25+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
An enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Bull has worked with NPR's Next Generation Project geared towards diversifying the ranks of tomorrow's journalists. He's been a guest faculty instructor at the Poynter Institute on covering underrepresented communities. He's served as chair for Vision Maker Media, which supports authentic programs and documentaries produced by Native Americans.
Bull has a Master's Degree in American Journalism Online from New York University, and a B.A. from Macalester College where he studied Psychology, English, and Dramatic Arts.
He's glad to be home in the Pacific Northwest, close to his family, tribe, and the Oregon Coast. If only someone had warned him about the grass seed pollen every spring! Bull is married and has three children, and five cats. He enjoys photography, hiking, cooking, the visual and performing arts, and the occasional Godzilla movie.
Read how Brian's desire to spur reflection led him to a career in public media.
Brian has worked through the decades with NPR on its Next Generation Radio Project, which trains journalists from underrepresented communities to become tomorrow's reporters. Check out his latest NextGen project with Native American Journalists Association mentees, hosted at Syracuse University.
Brian recently became the lead interviewer and consultant for the Public Radio Oral History Project, which aims to build a repository of interviews with many of the industry's founders and innovators.
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The annual Clery Reports that document reported crimes on many colleges and universities are out, including in Oregon. -
Nearly a million more riders stepped aboard buses operated by Lane Transit District this past fiscal year.
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Over a dozen projects in Oregon have received funds as part of a federal initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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The extent of soil removal for residences around the old J.H. Baxter site in Eugene may increase, both in numbers and depth.
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Lane Community College’s Board of Education is weighing a budget cut of $3.8 million. The prospect of positions and departments being eliminated worries employees.
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An environmental advocacy group wants to turn a shuttered wood treatment plant in Eugene into a solar array.
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A stalled railroad project for downtown Eugene is finally back on track, a development apt to give local residents and businesses cause to cheer.
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The Bailey Hill area of west Eugene resonated Saturday with the pounding of a rawhide drum and Native American singing. It was from a “back to school” pow-wow organized by the 4-J School District’s NATIVES program.
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Weekend showers and cool, overnight temps are helping put a damper on regional wildfires. But survey crews say there’s still need for caution in severely burned areas.And as it turns out, there’s a map for that.
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A celebration was held Tuesday at a transitional housing site in Eugene. Roughly 30 people showed at Everyone Village to highlight the work of high schoolers from 16 Lane County schools, as well as the 16 shelters delivered or near completion from last year.
